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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types String Formatting

Posted by Vishaun Prasad
Vishaun Prasad
Courses Plus Student 227 Points

Why is .format giving me a syntax error .format("Treehouse loves {name}")

I don't understand what I am doing wrong here.

strings.py 
name = "Shaun"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}"
.format("Treehouse loves {name}")

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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And here we come to interpolation (which I mentioned before). Here's what you're looking for:

name = "Shaun"
subject = "Treehouse loves {}".format(name)

Here we take the string "Treehouse loves {}" and then we use format to insert whatever the value of the variable is inside our parentheses into those curly brackets. The result will be "Treehouse loves Shaun".

Vishaun Prasad
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Vishaun Prasad
Courses Plus Student 227 Points
Vishaun Prasad
Vishaun Prasad
Courses Plus Student 227 Points

So the function is after the characters got it!